You're an experienced gambler, having gambled for many years and having seen and done everything. Part of your experience is taking a loan and chasing losses. What if one of the young new gamblers who happens to be close to you is planning to take a loan?
Will you open up and give yourself as an example of someone who takes a loan, chases losses, and eventually loses everything, or prefer not to because you are ashamed to look back at your bad experience, and people think that you are a weak person?
If you ask me, I will be honest and give myself as an example so that people will believe that it's a bad idea to take a loan, it's not a sign of weakness if you admit your past mistakes.
How about you? How do you see yourself?
Yes, but at least you have recovered already from gambling addiction or you are not that active in gambling. Because you can't be a good example if you are still chasing gambling loses and still be addicted. And that's what most of the former addicted gamblers do, they try to be a inspiration to the younger generation.
You can hear their horror stories and you can feel that they really regret what happen to them, as their lives ruined and so they don't want that to happen to the younger generations. And it's true, taking a loan is very bad just to gamble. I personally know someone that is very close to our family and now we really don't know what happen to her as we haven't seen her for a while after closing her business as she become a addict and taking loan and then she can't repay.